A hunchback with a deformed neck, a child decapitated by a soldier and a woman with a bloodied face are just a few of the unusual characters in the three-century-old nativity scene on display in a monastery in the center of Ecuador's capital. Made up of 300 pieces, the singular crib belongs to the Descalzas Carmelites, nuns who have lived in Ecuador since 1653. The collection is part of the Carmen Alto Museum, located in the historic heart of Quito. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES